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Complete the sentences with the correct form of these verbs from the article.

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1) His parents aren’t strict enough. He ………. murder!

2) He's 31 and still lives at home! I don't know why his parents ……….it!

3) He'll have to ………… his ways if he wants his relationship to last!

4) She got so angry, she ended up…………out of the room.

5) Sometimes parents have to ………….. a blind eye. It's better not to know everything your kids are doing.

1) Why did the writer and her son start arguing?

2) Why does the writer explain what life in a police state is like?

3) What effect does this have on her son?

4) What has she been accused of? What effect does this have on her?

5) What things does she decide she won't allow anymore? What reasons does she give for why her son has turned out the way he has?

6) What's the worst punishment she can think of?

7) Who do you have more sympathy with – the writer or her son? Why?

1) Do you know anyone who gets away with murder?

2) Do you know anyone who needs to change their ways?

3) Do you agree with sentence 5? Why? / Why not?

Scientists have a new explanation for the behaviour of teenagers: their brains are too big!

Scientists used to believe that our brains were fully developed by early childhood. New research shows that the brain grows very quickly between the ages of 10 and 12, when it is at its biggest. During the teenage years your brain shrinks bit by bit until it is the size of an average adult's.

The frontal and parietal lobes are the last to finish developing. The frontal and parietal lobes manage judgement, reasoning, planning for the future and visual/spatial ability. This may explain why teenagers are sometimes more impulsive, emotional and clumsy than adults. It's not your fault, your brain's too big!

The teenage years are an important time in your brain's development and you can build a better brain. The activities of the teenager influence which cells disappear and which cells remain as they get older. Dr Giedd, a psychiatrist, says, "If you're lying on the sofa or playing video games your brain gets programmed for that." His advice: Test your brain. "If you exercise a muscle, you make it stronger. The brain works like that. Try a foreign language, music, games- anything that makes the brain work hard."

How you're using your brain now, influences the kind of brain you have when you're an adult. Don't say we didn't warn you!

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1) His parents aren’t strict enough. He ………. murder!
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Human brain works a lot like a muscle - the harder you use it, the more it grows. Although scientists had long believed the brain's circuitry was hard-wired by adolescence and inflexible in adulthood, its newly discovered ability to change and adapt is apparently with us well into old age. Best of all, this research has opened up an exciting world of possibilities for treating strokes and head injuries - and warding off Alzheimer's disease.
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